Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich
Altai; teacher. Prisoner of Tomsk prison. Died in Tomsk psychiatric hospital on February 6, 1944
Born in 1895 in the village of Baragash, Shebalinskaya volost, Biysk district, Tomsk province*. An Altai native, he was a peasant by birth, a citizen of the USSR, and literate, having graduated from the Kazan Teachers' Seminary. In 1917, he joined the RSDLP(b), but was not a party member at the time of his arrest. He lived in the village of Novotyryshkino, Smolensk district, Altai territory, and worked as a teacher. He was married and had four sons.
Family:
- Serebrennikova Anna(?) Alekseevna, born in 1905 — wife;
- Serebrennikov Evgeny Alekseevich , born in 1922 - son (drafted into the Red Army in 1941 by the Semipalatinsk RVC, completed his service in February 1945, with the rank of junior lieutenant);
- Serebrennikov Gennady Alekseevich , born in 1924 - son (drafted into the Red Army in 1941 by the Smolensk RVC, Altai Territory, went missing in action in August 1943);
- Serebrennikov Arkady Alekseevich, born in 1926 - son;
- Serebrennikov [uncertain] Alekseevich, born in 1928. - son.
He was arrested on August 16, 1943, by the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKVD on charges under Articles 19-58-8 and 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR: "He conducted anti-Soviet, defeatist propaganda among the population and made threats against the district's party and Soviet leadership, which is sufficiently incriminated by the investigative case file." By the time of his arrest, he was no longer working as a teacher and was listed as a pensioner. He was held in Biysk Prison No. 2.
In September, his case was transferred to the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Krai. Serebrennikov was transferred and arrived at the internal prison of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Krai (Barnaul) on September 24. Senior prison warden Kalashnikov filed a report on Serebrennikov's violation of the prison rules on September 25, 1943. Based on the prisoner's personal file, on September 27, 1943, he was subjected to carousel interrogations (by investigators Filimonov and Dmitriev) and sent to solitary confinement for three days. A certificate from a doctor at the Sychevsky Medical Station, dated May 14, 1940, was found in the investigation file, stating that Serebrennikov suffered from schizophrenia. To determine the sanity of the arrested man, Colonel K.S. Voloshchenko, head of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory, ordered Serebrennikov sent to the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital for a forensic psychiatric examination to determine his sanity and suspended the case until the accused returned from the hospital. On October 31, 1943, Serebrennikov arrived at Prison No. 3 in Tomsk, and on November 5, he was placed in the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital for an examination.
On February 6, 1944, Serebrennikov, a defendant, died in the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital. The death certificate, signed by the psychiatric hospital physician Shalnova and the duty physician Solodovnikova, listed the causes of death as pellagra, vitamin deficiency, and a psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia.
The prisoner's personal file doesn't contain a photograph, but his profile includes a verbal description: "Tall, medium build, sloping shoulders, long neck, dark blond hair, oval face, low forehead, curved eyebrows, large, thick nose. Small mouth, thick lips, straight chin, large ears." Distinguishing features include a large wart above his right cheek, near his temple, and the fact that he speaks a foreign language, quietly and with a lisp.
*At the time of arrest – Baragash village, Bely aimag (intra-district unit) of Shebalinsky aimag, Oirot Autonomous Region, Altai Krai. As of 2025 – Baragash village, Shebalinsky district, Altai Republic (Russia).
Source: Archival file of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov // Archive of the Memorial Museum "NKVD Investigative Prison"
Cases (1)
Documents (22)
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001. Prisoner's personal file: Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov. File cover
Transcript
Secret
Prisoner's personal file
[Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich] 1895
Started ??? 1943
Finished???
Arch. No. ???
Document Information
The typographic form—the cover of the case—was filled out by hand. It is in poor condition, and the inscriptions are illegible. There are some notes at the top left and bottom left, but they are also illegible.
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002. Decree on the selection of a preventive measure. Village of Smolenskoye, Altai Krai. August 15, 1943.
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I APPROVE:
Head of the NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory
[empty]
I AUTHORIZE THE ARREST OF:
Prosecutor of the Smolensk District of the Altai Territory
/Al[illegible]/ signature
August 16, 1943
RESOLUTION
(on the selection of a preventive measure)
Village of Smolenskoye, Altai Territory. "15" August 1943. I, Oper. Pol.
Smolensk District Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Armed Forces
[inaudible] State Security Shcherbakov, having reviewed the information received by the Smolensk District Department
NKGB Directorate for the AK, materials on criminal activity:
Last name: SEREBRENNIKOV
First and patronymic Alexey Petrovich.
Year of birth 1895. Place of birth: Baragash village, Verkhbelo[inaudible] Shuya village council, Shabalinsky district, Oirot Av. Region.
Profession and specialty: teacher.
Place of work and position: Retired
party 6/party.
Education: Secondary. Nationality: Altai, USSR citizen.
Marital status: Single.
Address: Novo-Tyryshkino, Smolensk district, Altai region.
FOUND: that Aleksey Petrovich SEREBRENNIKOV is suspected of crimes under Articles 19-58-8 and 58-10, Part 2, of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and taking into account that A.P. SEREBRENNIKOV, while at liberty, may abscond from the court's investigation or obstruct the disclosure of the essence of the crime he committed, guided by Articles 145 and 158 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR.
RESOLVED:
Preventive measures for Alexey Serebrennikov's evasion of investigation and trial
Petrovich is to be held in custody in BIYSK prison No. 2, which, in accordance with Article 146 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, is to be announced to the arrested person against signature in this resolution.
In accordance with Article 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR, a copy of the order shall be sent to the prosecutor and transferred to the prison director for inclusion in the prison personnel file.
OFFICER: signature /SHCHERBAKOV/
Beginning Regional branches of the NKVD for AK
Captain of State Security signature / PUPYSHEV/
Prosecutor [empty]
AGREE: [empty]
[further blank]
This resolution was announced to me on "___" August 1943. [empty]
Persons mentioned in the document
Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Shcherbakov, Operative Representative of the Smolensk District Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Armed Forces, drafted and signed the Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure;
Pupyshev - Head of the NKVD District Department for the AK, Captain of State Security, signed the Resolution;
Al[inebright] - Prosecutor of the Smolensk region of the Altai Territory, sanctioned the arrest.
Source Information
Source format: printed questionnaire form, completed on a typewriter and by hand. Signatures are autographs.
Condition: satisfactory; heavy soiling, creases, abrasions, fading of handwritten text.
On the first page there is a round seal securing the signature: “Prosecutor of the Smolensk District of the Altai Territory.”
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003. Questionnaire of an arrested person. Smolenskoye village, Altai Krai, after August 16, 1943
The profile of the arrested Alexey Petrovich Serebrennikov contains basic biographical information: last name, first name, and patronymic, year and place of birth, address of residence before arrest, profession, last place of employment, nationality, citizenship, party affiliation, education, social background, and information about criminal records and arrests. The second half of the profile contains information about family members, a personal profile, and information about the arrest.
Transcript
ARREST PERSON'S QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Surname Serebrennikov
2. First name and patronymic: Alexey Petrovich
3. Year and place of birth:
Born in 1895 in the village of Baragash, Shebalinsky volost, Biysk district, Tomsk province (at the time of arrest: Bely Aimak, Shebalinsky Aimak, Oirot Autonomous Region) (possibly inaccurate digitization)
4. Permanent place of residence before arrest (detailed address): village Novo-Tar[illegible] district Smolensk region Altai
5. Profession and specialty: Primary (or junior?) school teacher
6. Last place of work or occupation before arrest
a) institution, enterprise: [inaudible] October 1st teacher [inaudible]
b) position: head of primary school
c) title: Teacher
d) if not working, when and from where was he fired: October 1st
[inaudible] pensioner(?)
7. Nationality: Altai
8. Citizenship...
a) civil (subject): USSR
b) passport series ______ No. 355
by whom and when issued: B[nerazb]shsky RO NKVD on June 8, 1941 for three months
9. Party affiliation
a) in the past: [member] of the RSDLP since 1917 [inaudible]
b) at present: non-party
ticket number [empty]
10. General and specialized education (underline and indicate what he completed): secondary. In 1915(?) he graduated from [inaudible] Kazan Teachers' Seminary where [inaudible]
special: Does not have
11. Social origin
(who were the father and mother):
Father Serebrennikov Peter [Efimovich] [unclear]
25 years [inaudible]
[inaudible]
12. Criminal record (was on trial and investigation, where, when, for what, sentence): from the words not convicted and not [inaudible]
13. Arrests (by which agency, when, on suspicion of what crimes and under what names): according to his words, none
14. Family composition
Father: Serebrennikov Petr Efimovich (Altaian), born in 1873, place of birth: Oyraziya (?). Died in 1907 (?) [inaudible] in Biysk.
Mother Serebrennikova-Popova Evdokia Alekseevna(?) (Russian), born in 1872, place of birth village Kaz[inaudible] [inaudible] Aymak; Died in 19[inaudible] in the city of Biysk(?).
Serebrennikov's wife Anna(?) Alekseevna, born in 1905, place of birth Vyatka province [inaudible]; Works in [inaudible] in Novo-[inaudible]
Children:
Serebrennikov Evgeniy Alekseevich, born in 1922:
Serebrennikov Gennady Alekseevich, born in 1924:
Serebrennikov Arkady Alekseevich, born in 1926:
Serebrennikov [unrazb] Alex[eevich], born 1928:
Place of birth: Bely Anuy village,
Place of residence: Ust-Ka[inaudible] [inaudible] Ayman, on the Krasnaya [inaudible] collective farm
[Brothers (sisters): [Serebrennikov] [inaudible] Petrovich, [inaudible]
15. Verbal portrait
Tall (171–180 cm), medium build, sloping shoulders, long neck, dark blond hair, oval face, low forehead, curved eyebrows, large, thick nose, concave nasal bridge, horizontal base of nose. Small mouth, thick lips, straight chin, large ears, lower protrusion of ears, separate, angular earlobe.
Distinguishing features: on the right cheek near the temple, a large wart, speaks Chui(?) [inaudible].
[inaudible]
Traits and habits: speaks quietly, lisps (?) [inaudible]
16. When arrested: August 16(?) 1943, order No. [empty]
17. Grounds for arrest: Resolution on the selection of a preventive measure from 15 [inaudible].
18. For whom enlisted: Smolensk (?) RO NKVD
The questionnaire was filled out: in K [illegible] NKVD,
village of Smolenskaya, Altai Krai,
by whom: Operative Commissioner of the NKGB Department Shcherbakov(?)
Signature signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich - arrested; person in respect of whom the questionnaire was filled out;
- Serebrennikov Petr Efimovich (1873–1907) - father;
- Serebrennikova-Popova Evdokia Alekseevna (1972–19??) — mother;
- Serebrennikova Anna(?) Alekseevna, born in 1905 — wife;
- Serebrennikov Evgeniy Alekseevich, born in 1922 - son;
- Serebrennikov Gennady Alekseevich, born in 1924 - son;
- Serebrennikov Arkady Alekseevich, born in 1926 - son;
- Serebrennikov [uncertain] Alekseevich, born in 1928. - son;
- Shcherbakov, Operative Representative of the Smolensk District Department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK, drafted and signed the Decree on the Pre-Trial Measure and completed the Prisoner's Questionnaire.
Source Information
Source format: printed questionnaire form, completed by hand (pencil/ink). Signature of the authorized officer - autograph.
Condition: poor; heavy soiling, creases, abrasions, fading of handwriting.
Legibility: Low; a significant portion of handwritten responses are difficult to read.
Litters:
multiple handwritten entries in the questionnaire columns, illegible in some places
Stamps and seals: none.
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004. Doctor's certificate for a prisoner: he can follow. Smolenskoye village, August 30, 1943
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Reference
A certificate was issued against prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov stating that he underwent sanitary treatment at the Smolensk District Pre-Trial Detention Center, namely: his bath was washed, his hair was cut, his clothes were disinfected, and he is fit to walk.
30/VIII - 43
Signature of a doctor at the Smolensk Regional Hospital
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- [last name not given] - Doctor of the Smolensk regional hospital.
Document Information
A typewritten form, completed by hand. The form is in satisfactory condition, and the inscriptions are legible. The doctor's signature is an autograph.
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005. Resolution on the transfer of Serebrennikov's case to the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory. Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Krai, September 4, 1943.
A decision was made to transfer Serebrennikov's case from the Smolensk branch to the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory and transport him to Barnaul Prison.
Transcript
Form No. 29
"I APPROVE":
Head of the _____ NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory _____ state security
[data in this section is not filled in]
,,AGREE":
Prosecutor of the ___________ Altai Territory
[data in this section is not filled in]
RESOLUTION
(on the transfer of the case to another body with the list of those arrested)
[19]43. September 4. I, Operative Commissioner of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB for the Altai Territory, SHCHERBAKOV, having examined investigative case No. [blank] against Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov, born in 1895
under Article 19-58-8 and 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, and noting that, in accordance with the telegraph order of the head of the 2nd department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK dated September 2 of this year, No. 6864, regarding the transfer of s/z Serebrennikov A.P. to the investigative department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK
RESOLVED:
Investigative case No. [empty] on charges against Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov shall be transferred for further processing to the investigative department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory, and those arrested in the case of A.P. Serebrennikov shall be transferred to the Barnaul prison.
Operative authorized representative of the NKVD department signature (Shcherbakov)
"I agree:" Chief of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKVD for the Altai Territory
Captain of State Security signature (PUPYSHEV)
Note: Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov, arrested in the case, is being held in custody in Biysk Prison No. 2.
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Shcherbakov - Operative authorized representative of the Smolensk regional department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory;
- Pupyshev - Chief of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKVD for the Altai Territory, captain of state security.
Document Information
A typewritten form. In satisfactory condition. No notes or stamps. Signatures are autographs.
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006. Resolution on the transfer of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov to the internal prison of the NKGB Directorate for the AK for further detention. Smolenskoye village, September 4, 1943
Order transferring prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov to the internal prison of the NKGB Directorate for the AK for further detention. Personal information about the defendant and the circumstances of his arrest are provided.
Transcript
"I APPROVE"
HEAD OF THE SMOLENSK RO NKGB
[CAPT]ITAN OF STATE SECURITY
/PUPYSHEV/ signature
September 4, 1943.
RESOLUTION
/about the staging/
Village of Smolenskoye, Altai Territory, 1943, September 4.
I, the Operative Commissioner of the Smolensk RO NKGB - SHCHERBAKOV, have today reviewed the materials of investigative case No. [empty] on citizen
SEREBRENIKOV Alexey Petrovich, born in 1895
birth, native of the village of Baragash, Shabalinsky Aimak, Oirot Autonomous Region, teacher by profession.
FOUND:
SEREBRENNIKOV A.P. was arrested on August 16, 1943 by the Smolensk RO NKGB on charges of a crime under Articles 19-58-8 and 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, in accordance with the telegraph order of the Head of the 2nd Department of the NKGB for the AK No. 6864 of September 2, 1943, regarding his transfer to the internal prison of the NKGB for the AK.
RESOLVED:
SEREBRENNIKOV Aleksey Petrovich from Biysk Prison No. 2
transferred to the internal prison of the NKGB Directorate for the AK for further detention.
OPERATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SMOLENSK RO NKGB
/SHCHERBAKOV/ . signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Shcherbakov - Operative authorized representative of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB for the Altai Territory;
- Pupyshev - Head of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKVD for the Altai Territory, captain of state security.
Document Information
Typescript. Contains handwritten inserts. In good condition.
No markings. Round seal of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB for the Altai Territory.
Signatures are autographs.
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007. Cover letter to Biysk Prison No. 2 for the transfer of the Order on Transfer. Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB for the AK, September 4, 1943
The cover letter to Biysk Prison No. 2 regarding the upcoming transfer of the investigative prisoner SEREBRENNIKOV to the Barnaul Internal Prison of the NKVD Directorate for the AK includes an order from September 9, 1943 regarding the speedy transfer of the prisoner.
Transcript
HEAD OF BIYSK PRISON No. 2
STATE SECURITY LIEUTENANT
TOV KREMEROVU
city of Bi[ysk]
We hereby forward the resolution of September 4, 1943, on the transfer of the investigative prisoner Aleksey Petrovich SEREBRENNIKOV from your prison to the Barnaul internal prison of the NKVD Directorate for the AK.
APPENDIX: Resolution.
HEAD OF THE SMOLENSK RO NKGB
CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY
/PUPYSHEV/ signature
OPERATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SMOLENSK RO NKGB
/SHCHERBAKOV/ . signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Shcherbakov - Operative authorized representative of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKGB for the Altai Territory;
- Pupyshev - Head of the Smolensk Regional Directorate of the NKVD for the Altai Territory, Captain of State Security;
- KREMEROV — CHIEF OF BIYSK PRISON No. 2, SENIOR LIEUTENANT OF STATE SECURITY
Document Information
Typescript. In good condition.
Litters:
on the left (presumably, the details of the incoming document are indicated): “4/IX / 136 9”;
on the left diagonally there is an inscription: “From / Convey first to the departing [illegible]. / 9/IX 43 / signature ”:
Bottom left: handwritten text, ink is smudged, text is illegible.
Signatures are autographs.
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008. Certificate of a person deprived of liberty (Biysk prison), September 1943.
Accompanying document (Form No. 18) for a prisoner transferred from Biysk Prison to the Internal Prison of the NKVD Directorate (Barnaul) for investigative actions. Contains information about the prisoner's health and the completion of sanitary treatment.
Transcript
Form No. 18
R E F E R C E S S I N G ...
Echelon list number ________________________
Personal number of the searcher No. _______________
Name of the prison authority that issued the certificate: BIYSK. Prison No. 2
Photo space [empty]
CERTIFICATE for personal file No. [empty]
on the prisoner [empty]
1. Year of birth [empty]
2. Specialty [empty]
3. Destination: via N-Sibirsk. Altai Krai checkpoint, Barnaul (city, village, region, railway station, pier. Through which exchange offices)
4. To whose disposal should he be placed (to which camp, prison, NKVD agency, police): Internal prison of the NKVD.
5. Reason for dispatch (order, instruction, etc.): Resolution of the Smolensk Regional Department of the NKVD
6. Person under investigation, convicted, exiled: investigative
7. By which judicial body, when, under what article of the Criminal Code and for what term was he sentenced: 19-58
8. Convoy type: ordinary
9. Distinguishing features of the prisoner: [empty]
[Doctor's notes]
a) About the prisoner’s health: healthy
b) About passing sanitary treatment: passed sanitary treatment.
c) On the sanitary well-being of the prison: there are no epidemic diseases
Notes on the attachment of the fingerprint card: d-ta in the 1st special department.
Prison Warden [signature]
Secretary [signature]
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- The prison warden - signature (autograph), acted as the approver of the certificate.
- Secretary - signature (autograph), performed the role of certifying the document.
Document Information
Source format: Typographic form (Form No. 18), completed on a typewriter and supplemented with handwritten notes.
Availability of signatures: Signatures - autographs (Prison Warden and Secretary).
Condition: Fair. The paper is yellowed, the edges are frayed, and there are traces of moisture and dirt at the top and bottom of the sheet. The typescript is faint in places, but legible.
Availability of marks: At the top of the photo field: “22285 22/IX-43”.
Presence of stamps and seals: There are no stamps or seals on this sheet (despite the presence of the “Place for stamp” column).
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010. Memorandum-instruction on the placement of prisoners in the internal prison. September 24, 1943.
Transcript
Head of the Military Technical Department of the National Security Service of the Russian Federation
Place prisoner Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov in cell No. 2.
Deputy beginning Track. dept. UNKGB
Captain of State Security signature
24/IX-43
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- [last name not given] - Deputy Chief of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate, Captain of State Security
Document Information
Handwritten text on paper. Condition: satisfactory. Signature: autograph.
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011. Certificate of medical examination of Serebrennikov A.P. [place of preparation not specified], 24/XI-43.
A handwritten certificate recording the results of a medical examination of Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov, according to which he can be sent to a prison cell.
Transcript
Reference
During an external medical examination of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, no contagious diseases were found. After sanitary treatment, he may be placed in a general cell.
f-tsa v/t signature
24/XI-43 .
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Source format: manuscript (ink)
Signatures: one signature, autograph
Condition: Fair; heavy soiling, stains, and abrasions on the paper. Legibility: Low; some words and abbreviations are difficult to discern.
Marks, stamps and seals: none
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012. Search protocol. September 24, 1943.
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Search protocol
[On September 24, 1943, I, [DPN] of [inaudible] conducted a personal search of prisoner Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov. As a result of the search, no prohibited items were found in the aforementioned prisoner.
The search was carried out by signature
DPN v/t [illegible] signature
Warden's signature
24/IX-43. Received a copy of the prisoner's signature.
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Handwritten text on paper. The condition is poor; the text is only partially preserved. The signatures are autographs, also faded. There are no markings or seals.
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013. Medical certificate. September 24, 1943.
Permission from a paramedic to place prisoner Serebrennikov in a common cell
Transcript
Reference
During an external medical examination of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, no contagious diseases were found. After sanitary treatment, he may be placed in a general cell.
F-tsa [illegible] signature
24/IX-43.
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Handwritten text on paper. Condition: satisfactory. Signature—autograph, but not deciphered. No notes or seals.
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014. Resolution on the imposition of disciplinary action on prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, September 27, 1943.
A handwritten order to transfer prisoner Serebrennikov to a punishment cell for three days for violating the rules (he demanded a light from a guard, insulted him, and started a fight with his cellmates, feigning mental illness).
Transcript
Resolution
Imposition of one penalty on prisoner Serebrennikov
I, the DPN of the military prison of the NKGB AK Zanchukovsky, on September 27, 1943, reviewed the report of the senior warden of the military prison of the NKGB G. Kalashnikov.
Found it
That prisoner Serebrennikov, Cell No. 2, violated the prison cell regulations on September 25, 1943, after lights out. For example, he began demanding that the warden give him a light, which a warden is not supposed to do. [When] the warden demanded that he stop violating, prisoner Serebrennikov began insulting him in every possible way. On September 25, 1943, prisoner Serebrennikov started a fight with his cellmates, claiming that he was mentally ill, thereby violating the prison cell regulations. It was decided
Prisoner Serebrennikova of Cell No. 2 is sentenced to a fine with transfer to a punishment cell for three days for insulting the guard of post No. 2 and for violating the prison cell regulations.
DPN v/t signature
I affirm:
Beginning V/t UNKGB Art. lieutenant g/b signature /Dmitriev/
[Back of document]
prisoner Serebrennikov
placed in solitary confinement [at] 8 p.m. on 27/IX-43
will be released from the punishment cell on 30/IX-43 at 8 p.m.
27/IX-43 DPN v/t signature
prisoner Serebrennikov
released from solitary confinement
September 30, 1943 at 8:00 p.m.
30/IX-43 DPN v/t signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Kalashnikov is the senior warden of the internal prison who filed the report;
- Dmitriev is a senior lieutenant of state security, head of the military department of the NKGB AK;
- Zanchukovsky - DPN of the UNKGB AK.
Source Information
Source format: Manuscript on a sheet of squared paper.
Presence of signatures and their form: Signatures are autographs.
Condition and legibility: Average. The paper has darkened, with visible ink bleed-through on the verso (through proof), making some words difficult to read.
Presence of marks: no.
Presence of stamps and seals: There are no stamps or seals.
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015. Summoning coupons for interrogation No. 14, No. 9 and No. 6 addressed to A.P. Serebrennikov, September 27, 1943.
Documents record the defendant's continuous interrogation by various investigators (Filimonov and Dmitriev) throughout the day and evening of September 27, 1943, with minimal breaks. The day of the interrogations coincided with the review of the guard's report and the decision to place him in solitary confinement for "malingering" and "insulting a guard."
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Filimonov is the investigator who conducted the interrogation;
- Dmitriev is the investigator who conducted the interrogation;
Source Information
Source format: Printed forms (Form No. 17), completed by hand in ink. The sheets are vertically oriented and are fragments of a ledger or block.
Presence of signatures and their form: Each coupon contains the signatures of officials: the prison duty officer (front side), the superintendent of the investigative rooms and the duty officer of the building (back side).
Condition and legibility: Satisfactory. The paper is yellowed and soiled. All coupons show significant handwriting bleed-through, creating a visual noise when reading.
Presence of litter:
Coupon No. 14: Note in the cell number column “with isolation” (handwritten addition);
Coupon No. 4: Pencil mark “38” in the central part.
On all coupons: A note at the bottom of the front side, in the column "Prison Duty Officer" there is an illegible signature or last name.
Reverse sides: Contain digital time markings (hours and minutes) and date.
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016. Resolution on the conduct of a forensic psychiatric examination in the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, September 27, 1943
Resolution of the Investigative Department of the NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory on sending the accused Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov for a forensic psychiatric examination in connection with the commission of anti-Soviet agitation and the presence of information about mental illness.
Transcript
"I approve"
Head of the NKGB Directorate of the USSR for the AK
Colonel of the State Security Service, signature /Voloshenko/
September 29, 1943
RESOLUTION
/on the production of forensic psychiatric examination/
September 27, 1943, Barnaul, Altai Territory.
I, Investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory
Junior Lieutenant of State Security FILIMONOV, having examined the materials of investigative case No. 3279/a on the charge
Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich in the crime provided for in Article 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR,
FOUND:
Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich, born in 1898, native
Vergash village (?), Biysk district, Altai Krai, peasant by social origin, employee by social status, Altai by nationality, non-party member, USSR citizen, literate, non-party member, pensioner, lived in Novo-Tyryshkino village, Smolensk district, Altai Krai. Arrested by the Smolensk regional department of the NKGB under the AK on August 14, 1943.
He is accused of conducting anti-Soviet propaganda among the population.
defeatist propaganda, made threats against the party
Soviet activists of the district, which is sufficiently proven by the materials
investigative case.
From the certificate of the doctor of the Sychevsky medical district from 14/V-40, which is in the investigative file, it is clear that Serebrennikov
suffers from schizophrenia, so it is necessary to determine whether he is sane.
Based on the above,
RESOLVED:
The accused, Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov, is sent to a psychiatric hospital for a forensic psychiatric examination to determine his sanity.
Considering that the accused Serebrennikov may be in the hospital
to be in custody for a long time, to have his case investigated
on the basis of Article 206, paragraph 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR - suspend until the accused arrives from the hospital.
The case should be handed over for safekeeping to the 1st Special Department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK.
A copy of this resolution shall be sent to the head of Department "A" of the NKGB AK for execution.
Investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the AK
/FILIMONOV/ signature
Agree: Head of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Armed Forces
Major of State Security
/Rentsev/ signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich - accused; involved in the investigation; sent for a forensic psychiatric examination.
- FILIMONOV - junior lieutenant of state security; investigator of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory; drafted and signed the resolution.
- Rentsev, Head of the Investigative Department of the NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory and Major of State Security, approved the resolution.
- The doctor of the Smolensk medical district is a medical specialist; he prepared a report on the mental state of the accused (mentioned).
- Voloshenko, Head of the USSR NKGB Directorate for the AK, Colonel of State Security, approved the document.
Source Information
Source format: typewritten text on a sheet of paper.
Presence of signatures and their form: signatures are present, autographs.
The document's condition and legibility: the document is heavily worn, with dirt, tears, and abrasions; legibility is average, with some fragments difficult to discern.
Notes, signatures, stamps and seals
Stamp at the top of the sheet: "NKGB Directorate for the Altai Territory"
Note at the top of the sheet, left: illegible handwritten signature ([autograph])
Signatures - at the bottom of the document: two handwritten signatures (autographs).
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017. Certificate on the personal file of prisoner Serebrennikov A.P., city of Barnaul, not earlier than October 1, 1943.
The document is a standard NKVD form ("Personal File Certificate"), completed when a prisoner is transferred to the custody of the Tomsk City NKVD Department. It contains personal information, information about the charge (58-8, 58-10, Part 2), health status, and sanitary records.
Transcript
Personal number of the searcher [empty]
Name of the prison authority that prepared the certificate: Prison of the NKGB Directorate of the City of Barnaul
CERTIFICATE for personal file No. [empty] for prisoner
Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich
1. Year of birth: 1895
2. Specialty: Teacher
3. Destination: State Defense Committee of the Novosibirsk Region, Tomsk
4. To whose disposal should it be placed (to which camp, prison, NKVD agency, police): To the Chief of the NKGB Department of Tomsk, Novosibirsk Region.
5. Reason for dispatch (order, instruction, etc.): Order [unspecified] of the NKGB Directorate for the Armed Forces of Barnaul dated 1/10-43 No. 323
6. Person under investigation, convicted person, exiled person: Person under investigation [under] Article 19-58-8 and 58-10, Part 2 of the Criminal Code.
7. By which judicial body, when, under what article of the Criminal Code and for what term was he sentenced: —
8. Convoy type: Regular
9. Distinguishing features of a prisoner -
10. Doctor's notes
a) About the prisoner’s health condition: Healthy, can follow
b) About passing sanitary treatment: passed sanitary treatment
c) On the sanitary well-being of the prison: For 21 days [unclear] in the prison there were epidemic diseases.
11. Notes on the attachment of the fingerprint card: In the personal file
Prison Warden [signature]
Secretary [signature]
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Handwritten text on typographic letterhead. Condition: satisfactory. Signatures: autographed, but not deciphered.
Notes and stamps:
Stamp: At the bottom of the document (next to the signatures) there is a blue or purple stamp, partially covered by the signature: “Administration [inaudible] [for the Altai] Territory * Prison Department * INTERNAL PRISON [KGB]”.
Note: On the left side of the form, above the photo area, in pencil: “96 / X-43”.
Note: There is a fingerprint (fingerprint) in the place for a photograph.
Note: At the top of the document above the title: “on ... ...” (torn edge of the sheet).
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018. Protocol of personal search of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, Tomsk, October 31, 1943
Protocol of the personal search of prisoner Serebrennikov upon arrival at prison No. 3 in Tomsk.
Transcript
Personal search report
Prison No. 3 on arrival?
31/X-43. Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich
Nothing
Searched the prisoner's signature
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Handwritten text on letterhead. Condition: satisfactory. Signatures are autographed, but not deciphered. A photographic imprint is visible on the reverse side of the sheet; it cannot be restored.
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019. Cover letter regarding the referral of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov for a medical examination. Tomsk. No earlier than October 31, 1943.
An official letter from the warden of Prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD to the chief physician of the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital. The document reports the referral of prisoner Alexei Petrovich Serebrennikov for a sanity assessment based on a ruling by the NKVD Investigative Department.
Transcript
TO THE CHIEF PHYSICIAN OF THE TOMSK MENTAL HOSPITAL, TOMSK.
Copy: TO THE CHIEF OF THE INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NKVD FOR THE AK. CITY OF BARNAUL.
Based on the decision of the Investigative Department of the NKVD of the AK, we hereby send prisoner Aleksey Petrovich SEREBRENNIKOV to your disposal for a determination of his sanity.
A copy of the resolution is attached.
CHIEF OF PRISON No. 3 NKVD NSO CAPTAIN
STATE SECURITY.- [signature] (VASILIEV).-
Secretary. - [signature] (KRAVTSOV).-
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3 of the NKVD NSO;
- Kravtsov is the secretary of prison No. 3.
Document Information
Source format: Typewritten on a sheet of paper (copy or cover note).
Presence of signatures and their form: Signatures - autographs (two signatures).
Condition and legibility: Fair/poor. The paper has traces of moisture, stains, and creases. The left edge of the text is heavily darkened, and some words are difficult to read due to weak printing and overlaps; the right edge is torn.
Presence of marks: There is a stamp in the upper left corner - illegible.
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020. Chamber card No. [blank], Form No. 6. City of Tomsk. Not earlier than October 31, 1943.
Personal registration card of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, used for internal records in a prison or detention center. Contains personal information, information about the charge, physical characteristics (height), a description of clothing, and the signatures of those who conducted the search.
Transcript
(Isolation No. ________) Form No. 6
Chamber card No. ________
1. Last name Serebrennikov Alek.
2. First and patronymic Petrovich
3. Year of birth: 1895 Place of birth: Biysk
4. When arrived 31/X-43
5. Nationality: Tatar
6. Citizenship ________
7. Under which article of the Criminal Code: 58 10
8. Deadline ________
9. Distinguishing features: average height.
10. What is he wearing: a coat and a hat [inaudible]
11. Receipts were issued for items seized during the search: item no. [empty] Valuables no. [empty]
Signature of prisoner [signature] “____” ________________ 19
Personal search conducted by: Supervisor [signature]
Place in cell #1-27
Reply. Duty officer [signature]
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
- [Unclear] - the warden who carried out the search (autograph).
- [Inaudible] - duty officer in charge (autograph). Kravtsov - secretary of prison No. 3.
Document InformationSource Format:
A printed form (Form No. 6) completed by hand in ink and pencil.
Presence of signatures and their form: Signatures - autographs (prisoner's signature, guard's signature, signature of the duty officer).
Condition and legibility: Average. The paper is yellowed and stained. The handwritten text is heavily faded in places, particularly in the fields for year of birth and nationality. Signatures are sprawling, overlapping some of the printed text.
Presence of marks: none.
Presence of stamps and seals: There are no stamps or seals on this sheet.
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021. Registration note on the arrival of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov at the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital. Tomsk. November 5, 1943.
A short handwritten note recording the fact and date of a prisoner's admission to a medical facility for examination.
Transcript
Patient Aleksey Petrovich Serebrennikov was admitted to the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital.
5/IX-37
[signature] / [signature illegible]
Persons mentioned in the document
- Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich is a defendant in the case;
Document Information
Source format: Manuscript on a scrap of colored (blue) paper.
Presence of signatures and their form: Signature - autograph.
Condition and legibility: Fair. The paper has uneven edges, stains, and signs of moisture. The text is written in purple ink, the handwriting is sprawling but generally legible. Traces of worn typescript or a stamp are visible on the left.
Presence of marks: Mark: on the left in the central part (in the stamp): “1943” ; Mark: in the lower right corner: [illegible] surname, written in smaller letters next to the main signature).
Presence of stamps and seals: on the left, in all likelihood, is the registration stamp of the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital.
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022. Death certificate of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, Tomsk, February 7, 1944.
A medical report compiled by doctors at the Tomsk Psychiatric Hospital, recording the death of A.P. Serebrennikov. The causes of death (pellagra, vitamin deficiency) and psychiatric diagnosis (schizophrenia) are indicated.
Full transcript:
A K T
We, the undersigned, doctor Shalnova(?) and the doctor on duty [Solodovnikova], have drawn up this report on 7/II-44 to the effect that [prisoner] Serebrennikov Aleksey Petrovich, born in 1898, sent to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Investigative Department of the UMNK[GB] [for the Altai Territory] and admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital on 5/XI-43 [torn off] prison No. 3 on 6/II-44 died.
Cause of death: vitamin deficiency / pellagra, avitaminosis [inaudible]. Psychiatric diagnosis: schizophrenia.
Doctor: [signature] /Shalnova/
Housekeeper: [signature] /Solodovnikova/-
List of persons:
- Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich - deceased prisoner.
- Shalnova is a doctor at the Tomsk psychiatric hospital.
- Solodovnikova is the doctor on duty.
Source Information
Source format: Typewritten on a scrap of paper, completed using carbon paper.
Presence of signatures and their form: Signatures are autographs of doctors Shalnova and Solodovnikova.
Condition and legibility: Poor; the left edge of the document is torn off, some text is missing.
Presence of notes: Note: in the upper left corner handwritten “3-181 / 16/II-44”.
Presence of stamps and seals: Triangular seal: in the lower left part of the document, the text “Tomsk psychiatric hospital / medical unit / People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR”
(NKZ - People's Commissariat of Health... Dictionary of Russian language abbreviations. - E. B. )
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023. Cover letter regarding sending a copy of the death certificate of prisoner A.P. Serebrennikov, Tomsk, February 18, 1944.
Official notification from the head of prison No. 3 of the Novosibirsk Regional Directorate of the NKVD to the head of the investigative department of the Altai Krai Directorate of the NKVD regarding the death of a prisoner and the attachment of the relevant act.
Full transcript:
TO THE CHIEF OF THE INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NKGB DEPARTMENT FOR THE ALTA REGION
TO STATE SECURITY MAJOR T. RENTSEV(?). city of Barnaul.
We are sending a copy of the act of the Tomsk psychiatric hospital dated 7/II-44 on prisoner ALEXEY PETROVICH SEREBRENNIKOV, who died on 6/II-44.
Appendix: copy of the act.
CHIEF OF PRISON No. 3 OF THE NKVD OF THE NSO
CAPTAIN OF STATE SECURITY.- (VASILIEV).-
SECRETARY.- (KRAVTSOV).-
List of persons:
- Rentsev is a major in state security, head of the investigative department of the NKVD Directorate for the Altai Territory.
- Serebrennikov Alexey Petrovich - deceased prisoner.
- Vasiliev is a captain of state security, head of prison No. 3.
- Kravtsov is the secretary of prison No. 3.
Source Information
Source format: Typewritten on poor quality paper.
Presence of signatures and their form: There are no signatures (only last names in brackets are indicated).
Condition and legibility: Poor; text is heavily faded, paper is dark and wrinkled.
Presence of marks: Mark: in the upper left corner handwritten “8584 18/II-44” (registration number and date).
Presence of stamps and seals: none.
